New natives

[Nabbig2]

Hey buddy I know it will sound like a broken record but DO NOT RELEASE ANY FISH INTO THE WILD.

1st of all, your fish can contact disease or parasites one way or another in captivity that you will introduce into the wild. This can lead to a disaster and many native fish getting sick.

2nd it is also illegal to release any fish into public lands without a specific permit.

3rd: Just do yourself a favor and don't release any fish into the wild, even if you caught them from the same place. Worse comes to worse just dispose of them or feed them off or even eat them. If people keep releasing fish, the DFG will get pissed off (believe me, these guys do NOT have a sense of humor) and eventually, your country will turn into what is California: A place where you cannot bring home ANY fish alive, even if it is legally caught with a fishing license, even if it is native, invasive, not endangered, etc. Just be glad.

 

[cichliddave]

Man just don't do it.

 

[Xotesi]

Haha yeah Cali sucks.


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[fisher12889]

Hey buddy I know it will sound like a broken record but DO NOT RELEASE ANY FISH INTO THE WILD.

1st of all, your fish can contact disease or parasites one way or another in captivity that you will introduce into the wild. This can lead to a disaster and many native fish getting sick.

2nd it is also illegal to release any fish into public lands without a specific permit.

3rd: Just do yourself a favor and don't release any fish into the wild, even if you caught them from the same place. Worse comes to worse just dispose of them or feed them off or even eat them. If people keep releasing fish, the DFG will get pissed off (believe me, these guys do NOT have a sense of humor) and eventually, your country will turn into what is California: A place where you cannot bring home ANY fish alive, even if it is legally caught with a fishing license, even if it is native, invasive, not endangered, etc. Just be glad.

I don't know what else we can say to the op...if you want to be "that guy" that effs things up for the responsible people, we can't force you to think.

And BTW, guppies and mosquitofish are different species

 

[scalesandfins]

Holy crap. Ok guys. I remember why I don't get on this forum anymore. No educated opinions. Just repeating things you hear from other people. And **** you read.

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[PrymeTyme-716]

they sound cool, pics? re-introducing wildlife is a touchy subject

That's why I said this. I knew you were going to get lit up for it.


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[scalesandfins]

Everything is a touchy subject around here now. No one really knows anything about fish.

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[fatboy8]

Not feeders. Guppies aka mosquito fish from the lake....
I actually am gettin my degree in marine biology at Texas a&m right now. So no I'm not a biologist, but pretty close....
So again. I'm asking someone to give me a reason as to why what I am doin is wrong...

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You know for almost having a marine biology degree you should know better. I myself am close at getting a fisheries biology degree which deals with this subject matter a little better. To sum it up if you want to be selfish and possibly destroy a bass population at the lake knock yourself out. Also if the smaller bass that come in contact with a contaminated fish get eaten by another species and they bring it back to that species population same deal with them. Easiest thing you can do is either find someone to take care of them or find a place to hang them on the wall. Maybe it's not in marine biology but in fisheries sometimes one little thing in one fish can destroy a population. Plus you dont know that your bass doesn't have something the lake doesn't.


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[obsoleteturtle]

Everything is a touchy subject around here now. No one really knows anything about fish.

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Dude everything else aside it's illegal, that should be a good enough reason for you.


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[Mount_Prion]

Holy crap. Ok guys. I remember why I don't get on this forum anymore. No educated opinions. Just repeating things you hear from other people. And **** you read.

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How exactly does one become "educated" without repeating things you've heard from other people or read? Isn't that academia?

Every argument I've read on this post as to why you shouldn't release the fish rings true. They're all logical. You're just being defensive because it's not the verdict you want to hear.

Stow your ego for a second and apply Occam's razor. Is it more likely that everybody on the world's premier fish-keeping site knows nothing about fish, or that your lone opinion on a subject you're personally emotionally invested in is wrong?